Rice

RICE

Hainanese Chicken Rice BallsThis is a Malaccan specialty. Rice boiled in chicken stock and some chicken oil and salt, flavoured with ginger, garlic and shallot and make into rice balls then served with boiled chicken pieces and garnished with cucumber and spring onion, and chilli sauce.BBQ Pork RiceCharcoal roasted meat that is golden-crusted, crispy, tender and juicy, tasting of sticky sweet caramel, aromatic and full of flavour. Served with white rice and side dishes such as kangkung, tofu, egg, dried meat and Chinese sausages.

ICY DELIGHTS

CendolThis traditional Nyonya cendol is made of homemade jade-green cendol that is absolutely creamy, with aromatic palm sugar syrup.1.Tutti Fruitti (left) & Red bean ice with milk2.Nyonya CendolTai BakA Nyonya dessert in danger of extinction is like a sweet noodle made of rice, tapioca and wheat flour shaped comes in pink and white served with ice and light syrup. Can also add black jelly or read beans and palm sugar syrup.

SATAY

Satay CelupSatay celup or “satay steamboat” only found in Malacca, is an assortment of raw and semi-cooked seafood, meat and vegetables on skewers that are dunked into a boiling pot of water and eaten with sauce that is similar to the ubiquitious satay sauce but has different ingredients.

NYONYA

1Curry Debal2Steam ladies finger with sambal belacanBibik Neo Nyonya Restaurant, No. 6, Ground Floor, Jalan Merdeka, Taman Melaka Raya. Opens 11am-2.30pm / 6-9.30pm. Closes on Mondays.One of the many nyonya restaurants in town, this place provides home cooked dishes such as Pongteh, Ayam buah Keluak Masak Assam, Geram Asam and Itik Tim. You can also try egg with cincalok, stamed ladies fingers with sambal belacan and otak-otak.

SEAFOOD

1.Crab wok baked in salt2.shell fish fried with chiiliMedan Ikan Bakar Umbai / Pernu. Opens daily 5.30pm to midnightFrom town, take the road from Ujong Pasir to Padang Temu. At the end of Padang Temu, turn right and follow the road for the next few kilometers. There is a big signboard just before the turning into the jetty (turn right in front of Esso petrol kiosk). This place consists of a row of shops located next to the jetty to Pulau Besar. Choose any one that catches your fancy. Make your selection from various kinds of local fish, shellfish, crab, squid and prawn and decide how you want them cooked – apart from shellfish that is fried with chilli paste, most seafood and simply grilled over open charcoal. Grilled otak-otak and nasi lemak is also available here.

LOCAL KUIH

1.Malay Kuih2.Kuih Lapis3.Putu piringWarung Kuih Kampung, 202, Jalan Ujong Pasir, (opposite the Police HQ), Opens daily at 3.30-7.30pmYou can get a variety of kuih and dishes (more than 30) from binka to kuih koci to ondeh-ondeh, popiah, nasi lemak bungkus, nasi kunyit, kway teow goring, kuih keria and more.Warung Kuih Keria Haji Jalil (small stall in Limbongan, opposite beach). Opens 2-6pm. Closes on Fridays.The plump and luscious kuih keria, a local doughnut made of potato and flour that is deep fried and plunged in hot melted palm sugar for a caramelized effect is especially good here. You can also try out the kuih rengas, fried bananas and fried sweet potatoes.
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